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Renaissance Art. “The Kosher Version”. Presentation Assembled by Mrs. Train. The Renaissance. This was the historical period after the Middle Ages, from the 14 th (1301-1400) through the middle of the 17 th century, and was a time of cultural rebirth .
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Renaissance Art “The Kosher Version” Presentation Assembled by Mrs. Train
The Renaissance This was the historical period after the Middle Ages, from the 14th (1301-1400) through the middle of the 17th century, and was a time of cultural rebirth. It began in Italy, first in Florence, then Rome and Venice. In 1500, it spread to the rest of Europe and became known as the Northern Renaissance. http://www.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/classes/ah111/EuroRen1.JPG
What were the Highlights? ART Rediscovery of the art and literature of Greece and Rome Realistic and detailed depictions of the human body Reproductions of the forms of nature realistically Invention of the Printing Press SCIENCE • Study of anatomy • Exploration
Lorenzo I 'il Magnifico' de' Medici (1449-1492) http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs8/lorenzodemedicia.jpg Early Renaissance • 1400 – 1500 • 1420’s Perspective discovered • 1446 – 50 Gutenberg invents printing • The Medicis: • the most powerful in Florence, Italy • bankers, popes and royalty • rich patrons of the arts • unfortunately also victims of murder • with death, the Renaissance switched moved to Rome.
Page from the Gutenberg Bible Johann Gutenberg, 1455.movable typography. German. www.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/ classes/ah111
Top Four Breakthroughs! Oil on Stretched Canvas Perspective Use of Light and Shadow – Chiaroscuro (pronounced key arrow SKEWR o) Pyramid Configuration
Masaccio Pronounced ma Saht chee oh 1401 – 1428 Nickname: “Sloppy Tom” Painted the figure not as a linear column but as a real human being Mastery of perspective Used single source of light, casting accurate shadows
Detail from San Pietro guarisce con l'ombra, 1426, Cappella Brancacci, Firenze Profile of a Young Man
Donatello 1386 – 1466 Sculptor Re-discovered classical sculpture: weight concentrated on one leg with rest of body relaxed, often turned. Realistic figures had sense of skeletal structure Shouted at own sculpture: “Speak, speak, or the plague take you!” because it was so life-like.
Sandro Botticelli Pronouned bought tee CHEL lee 1444 – 1510 decorative linear style Painted tiptoing golden-haired maidens Return to classical mythology
Portrait of a Young Womanhttp://www.cultureguide.gr/images/events/files/NGR01-02.jpg
Birth of Venus 1482 Uffizi, Florence
The Italian Renaissance:Heroes of the High Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - 1519 Michelangelo 1475 – 1564 Raphael 1483 – 1520 Titian 1490? - 1576
Highlights 1500 – 1600 Renaissance spreads to Northern Europe 1503 – 6 Leonardo paints “Mona Lisa” 1508 – 12 Michelangeo frescoes Sistine Chapel ceiling 1509 – 11 Raphael creates Vatican frescoes 1513 – Balboa sights Pacific Ocean 1520 – Magellan circumnavigates globe
Leonardo = Renaissance Man • Multi-talented • Handsome, intelligent and charming, sang “divinely” • Avid mountain climber who was fascinated with flight • Kept notebooks with sketches and notes, mathematical notes • Invented: flying machine, a machine to move mountains, a parachute, helicopter, armored tank and a diving bell
Oh Oh ! • His brilliance had one flaw! Vasari, a famous art historian, called him “capricious and fickle.” • Jumped from one incomplete project to another • There are only 20 paintings that have survived • But the ones that survived are incredible!!!!!!!!!!
Mona Lisa 1503 – 1506 Hangs in the Louvre in France Mona = Mrs. One of first to use oil paint Vanishing point behind head Triangle composition Relaxed, three-quarter pose Studied anatomy Instead of an outlined figure, used light and shadows Used multiple layers of paint
TWO TERMS Sfumato is the subtle, almost infinitesimal changes between colour areas, creating a haze or smoky effect; you can see it in the delicate gauzy robes worn by the sitter. Chiaroscuro is the technique of defining forms through contrasts of light and shadow; the sensitive hands of the sitter are portrayed with light and shade, while color contrast is used only sparingly. Adapted fromwww.sitevip.net/ leonardo-da-vinci/
That famous smile… Leonardo hired jesters and musicians to amuse his subject In 1911, an Italian worker stole it and brought it back to Italy but it was recovered It’s actually very small - 21 inches wide and 30.5 inches high.
Study of Male Body Leonardo da Vinci Scientific proportion drawing15-16th centuryItalian
The Notebooks • Thousands of pages of sketches and ideas • Anatomy, engineering, astronomy, mathematics, natural history, music, scuplture, architecture and painting • Anticipated many of the scientific and engineering discoveries of the future
Leonardo’s Signature • Leonardo wrote in Italian using a special kind of shorthand that he invented himself. He also used "mirror writing", starting at the right side of the page and moving to the left (like Hebrew!). However, when he was writing something intended for other people did he write in the normal direction. • People have suggested that he did this because: • He was making it harderto steal his ideas. • He was hiding his scientific ideas from the church • To prevent smudging as he worked across the page
Sample Writing usual signature how it would like in mirror
Answers to Questions I’ve been asked • Yes, Leonardo da Vinci is dead • I don’t know if Leonardo di Capria was named for Leonardo da Vinci • No you can’t buy the Mona Lisa
Create Your Own ‘Leonardo’ Sketchbook Page… • You will be creating a sketchbook page in the style of Leonardo da Vinci. • You can decide on whatever subject matter or topic you want. • Research your subject using books, magazines and the internet.
What it should look like • You can use tea staining or paint to make your page look old, if desired • Create various full sketches and partial sketches on one large sheet of cartridge paper • Notes, information, details and comments should be included as part of this sketchbook page
And …. • Write your signature and even some other words in mirror-image style as Leonardo did (we have mirrors in class) • You can use a variety of media: pencil, Sharpie, pencil crayon and/or watercolour
Due Date Mrs. Train will let you know in class
The School of Athens Raphael, 1509-11. fresco. Italian
Michelangelo, The Devine M. Statue of David, 1501-1504 Image from the Sistine Chapel, Rome, 1508-1512
Raphael Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, 1515
Titian Woman with a Mirror, 1513-1515
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